ProductCategory

Represents a category used to organize products within a product catalog, such as a brand or flavor grouping. Categories can be nested under a parent category to form a hierarchy. This object is available in API version 68.0 and later.

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

No additional setup or permissions beyond standard object- and field-level security are required.

Type: reference

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description: The product catalog that this category belongs to. This field is a relationship field. It’s the master in a master-detail relationship (ProductCatalog is the master object).

Relationship Name: Catalog

Refers To: ProductCatalog

Type: string

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: A unique code that identifies the category. This field is unique within your organization.

Type: picklist

Properties: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update

Description: The ISO code for the currency used for amount fields on this record, in orgs with multicurrency enabled. Possible values are: AED (UAE Dirham), USD (U.S. Dollar), and every other active currency ISO code configured for the org. The default value is USD.

Type: textarea

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: A description of the category.

Type: boolean

Properties: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update

Description: Indicates whether the category is used for navigation purposes, such as in a storefront’s category menu. The default value is false.

Type: dateTime

Properties: Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description: The timestamp when the current user last accessed a record related to this record.

Type: dateTime

Properties: Filter, Nillable, Sort

Description: The timestamp when the current user last viewed this record.

Type: string

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update

Description: The name of the category.

Type: int

Properties: Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description: The number of products directly associated with this category. This is a calculated, read-only field.

Type: reference

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: The parent category of this category, used to build a category hierarchy. This field is a relationship field.

Relationship Name: ParentCategory

Refers To: ProductCategory

Type: int

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update

Description: The order in which this category is displayed relative to its sibling categories.

Type: picklist

Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update

Description: The type of category, such as a brand or a flavor grouping. Possible values are Brand and Flavour.

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.